LIVING THE AUTHENTIC LIFE

 

LIVING THE AUTHENTIC LIFE

Do you live 

An authentic life

By that I mean

Are your words-actions-

And prayers along the same lines

Or are you hypocritical

Like so many of us are  today

Authentic means

“To be real or genuine”

(NOT copied or false)

By my account

Jesus Christ

Was the most authentic man

Who ever lived

He was

BORN in the spirit

He lived and died

In the spirit

And WHEN he

Left this world

He left his SPIRIT OF LOVE behind

For all of us

His spirit of love

His spirit of forgiveness

And his spirit of kindness

“Jesus journeyed

From one town and village

To another

Preaching and proclaiming

The GOOD NEWS

Of the KINGDOM of God”                                                    Luke 8:1

For a Christian follower

A life only makes sense

If it is in

The footsteps of Jesus

LIVING love and kindness

Acting love and forgiveness

And praying for others

And wishing them LOVE AND HAPPINESS

And forgiving them

IF they have offended you

In some way

WITH Jesus-there is

Not only purpose

But meaning and direction

UNCONDITIONAL LOVE-unlimited compassion-

And living with real hope and true peace

And if you are living these things

You are living an AUTHENTIC LIFE

Just like Jesus 

“The REALITY-however-

Is found in Christ”                                                                        Colossians 2:17

“For my flesh is REAL food

And my blood is real drink

Whoever eats my flesh

And drinks my blood

REMAINS in me

And I in them”                                                                           John 6:55-56

With Jesus 

We have the LOVE 

Of God

Present and available to us

Jesus guides us

Through life

Jesus shows us

How to live

He teaches us

HOW to serve one another

And he gives us 

THE GREAT COMMISSION

To follow him

And SPREAD the Word 

Of God

To anyone and everyone

Who is ready to hear it

“Then Jesus came to them

And said,

'ALL authority in heaven

And on earth

Has been given to me

THEREFORE

Go and make disciples

Of all nations

Baptizing them

In the name of the Father

And of the Son

And of the Holy SPIRIT

And teaching them

To obey everything

I have commanded you

And SURELY

I am with you ALWAYS

To the very end

Of the age'”                                                                         Matthew 28:18-20

I can think of

NO greater life

Than DISCIPLESHIP to Jesus 

And being his companion

And FRIEND

As we travel

Through life

For this is 

The way to 

LIVING AN AUTHENTIC LIFE

FOLLOWING the ONE TRUE/

And most authentic life

That ever lived=IN JESUS CHRIST

Robert P. Wallman

9-17-15 and   5-15-2026

Ps     INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Fr.  John Dear

2-3 & 4-2019